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Dr. Vliet's general areas of research are heat and mass transfer and solar energy systems. Dr. Vliet is a past faculty member of the Thermal/Fluid Systems program of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and served on the College of Engineering faculty since 1971. His Solar Lab performed solar radiation measurements across the state, maintained the Texas solar radiation database (TSRDB), and conducted important other solar energy research.

Currently, he directs the Texas Solar Radiation Database project which includes 15 solar monitoring stations across Texas that are phone-linked to the solar energy laboratory. He has also worked extensively in convective and 2-phase heat transfer, solar thermal applications (water heating, aborption cooling, etc) and photovoltaic systems. His teaching areas are thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy systems and solar energy systems.

"Correlation for Film Regeneration and Air Dehumidification for a Falling Desiccant Film with Air in Cross Flow", with M.S. Park and J.R. Howell, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, v. 118, p. 634, August 1996.

"Effect of an Inert Gas on the Heat and Mass Transfer in a Vertical Parallel Plate Channel with Falling Films", W. Chen and G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the 1995 ASME/JSME International Solar Energy Conference, Maui, March 1995.

"Correlation for Film Regeneration and Air Dehumidification for a Falling Desiccant Film with Air in Cross Flow", M.S. Park, J.R. Howell and G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the 1995 ASME/JSME International Solar Energy Conference, Maui, March 1995.

"Correlation for Regeneration of a Falling Desiccant Film by Air in Cross Flow", M.S. Park, J.R. Howell and G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the 1995 ASME/JSME International Solar Energy Conference, Maui, March 1995.

"Correlation of Absorption by a Falling Desiccant Film from Air in Cross Flow", M.S. Park, J.R. Howell and G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the ASME-WAM, Chicago, November 1994.

"Numerical and Experimental Results for Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer Between a Desiccant Film and Air in Cross-Flow", M.S. Park, J.R. Howell, G.C. Vliet, and J.L. Peterson, Int. Jr. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 37, Suppl. 1, pp. 395-402, March 1994.

"Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer between a Falling Desiccant Film and Air in Cross-Flow: I - Numerical Model and Experimental Results", M.S. Park, J.R. Howell, G.C. Vliet, and J.L. Peterson, Proceedings of the 6th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Colorado Springs, June 1994.

"Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer between a Falling Desiccant Film and Air in Cross-Flow: II - Parametric Analysis and Results", M.S. Park, G.C. Vliet, and J.R. Howell, Proceedings of the 6th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Colorado Springs, June 1994.

"Thermal Impact on Municipal Water Mains when used as Heat Sink of Source for Residential Heat Pumps", G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the American Water Works Association 1994 Annual Conference, pp. 9-23, New York, June 1994.

"Feasibility of Municipal Water Mains as Heat Sink for Air-Conditioning", G.C. Vliet, Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Improving Building Systems in Hot Humid Climates", Arlington, Texas, pp. 212-220, May 1994

"Variations in the Spectral Distribution of Global Horizontal Radiation in Austin, Texas", with T. J. Pfefer, Proceedings of the ASME International Solar Energy Conference, San Francisco, March 1994

"Location of Non-Absorbable Gases in a Simplified Absorber Geometry", G. C. Vliet and W. Chen, Proceedings of the 1994 International Absorption Heat Pump Conference, New Orleans, La., January 1994.

"Microclimatic Solar Radiation Variations in the Vicinity of Austin, Texas", with T. Guthrie and M. Michalonis, Proc. of the 1986 ASES Conf., Boulder, Colorado, June 1986.

"A Comparison of Domestic Water Heating Options in the Austin Electric Service Area", with D.B. Hood, Proc. of the Second Annual Symposium on Improving Building Energy Efficiency in Hot and Humid Climates, Texas A&M University, College Station, Sept. 1985.

"The Influence of Residential Solar Water Heating on Electric Utility Demand", with J.L. Askey, Proc. of the Symposium on the Efficient Utilization of Energy in Residential and Commercial Buildings, Texas A&M University, College Station, August 1984.

"Double-Effect Absorption Cooling with Solar Energy", with M.J. Saiidi, Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Use of Solar Energy for the Cooling of Buildings, San Francisco, California, pp. 47, Feb. 1978.

"Design of a Boiling Potassium Heat Removal System for Fusion Reactors", with J.R. Parkin and P.S. Schmidt, Proceedings of the First Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, Vol. I, pp. 665-676, San Diego, Calif., April 1974.

"Energy Consumption and Potential Conservation for the Residential/Commercial Sector", with B.V. Koen, University of Texas, Balcones Research Center Report, May 1973.

"Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Baffles on Natural Convection Flow and on Stratification", with J.J. Brogan, Proc. of the Conf. on the Propellant Tank Pressurization and Stratification, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1965, p.61.